President William Ruto has continued with his donations to churches amid youth-led protests against violation of his directive stopping State officers from taking part in fundraisers.
Aware of the situation in Nairobi, President Ruto said no one would stop him from giving to churches, maintaining that his donations are meant for God and His work.
“My giving is towards God to fight drugs among youths by ensuring that the church plays a key role in ensuring morality among youths,” Dr Ruto told the faithful in Eldoret.
He told off those opposed to his donations, likening them to agents of the devil, as he vowed to continue contributing to the expansion of the church in Kenya.
“The devil has become very arrogant in Kenya. I want to say this, as the President of Kenya and by God’s grace, the leader of this nation, the Bible tells us in Daniel 11:32 that those who know their God will be strong and will do great exploits. I want to say Kenya shall know God, and we shall do great exploits,” he said.
“I want to say so to shame the devil and the people who are telling us things about our nation that we cannot associate with the Church or we cannot stand with the Church or built sanctuaries so that they do things that take us back as a nation.”
Aware of the situation in Nairobi, President Ruto said no one would stop him from giving to churches, maintaining that his donations are meant for God and His work.
“Don’t be intimidated by the social media warriors saying we cannot build churches for God; we shall build churches in this country,” he told the congregation.
“We shall build God’s Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail. Those who are against the word of God in Kenya and those against the building of sanctuaries in Kenya will fail; they will not succeed because they will not overcome us,” he said.
“Many youths are under the heavy yoke of drug abuse, alcoholism, and other bad things, and there are people who are telling us that we should not be concerned about the moral standing of our nation, we should, we will, we must. That is what it is,” he declared.
“I stand with this firmly without fear of any equivocation or any doubt in my mind that Kenya is going to march forward and we are going to know God as a nation,” the President said.
In July 2024, on the backdrop of youth-led anti-government protests, Dr Ruto barred State officers from taking part in church harambees and other fundraisers as part of his austerity measures to appease the protesters.
The order was aimed at curbing corruption, the accumulation of unexplained wealth, and the theft of public resources.
“The attorney general is hereby directed to prepare and submit legislation to this effect and develop a mechanism for structured and transparent contribution for public, charitable, and philanthropic purposes,” he said in July 2024.
The President was accompanied by a host of political leaders, among them Governors Jonathan Bii and Ken Lusaka of Uasin Gishu and Bungoma, respectively, Senator Jackson Mandago, Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi, Gatundu North MP Elijah Kururia Njoroge, and Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi, among others.
